Improvement in leader-brackets



- S. J DWYER.

lmprovemeht in Leader Bracket.

No. 123,877. Patented Feb. 20, 1872.1

PATENT OEEIoE.

STEPHEN J. DWYER, OF ALBANY, NEW YORK.

IMPROVEMENT IN LEADER-BRACKETS.

Specification forming part of Letters Patent N 0. 123,877, datedFebruary 20, 1872.

Specification describing a new and Improved Leader Bracket, invented bySTEPHEN J. DWYER, of Albany, in the county of Albany and State of NewYork.

Figure 1 is a detail horizontal section of my improved device takenthrough the line 00 m, Fig. 2. Fig. 2 is a detail vertical section ofthe same taken through the line y y, Fig. 1.

Similar letters of reference indicate corresponding parts.

My invention has for its object to furnish an improved bracket forleaders or conductorspouts, which shall be simple in construction,conveniently applied, and reliable in use; and it consists in theconstruction and combination of the various parts of the bracket, ashereinafter more fully described.

A is the spike that is designed to be driven into the wall of thebuilding. Upon the outer end of the spike A is formed anupwardly-projecting arm, B, which is slotted vertically to receive theband or strap 0. The outer edges of the slot through the arm B arerounded off, as shown in Fig. 1, to avoid bending the band 0 at a sharpangle and at the same time to allow the said band to be drawn to tightenit upon the leader or pipe. The arm B is grooved upon its outer side toreceive the wedge-key D, said groove being extended through the outerpart of the spike A to allow the wedge D to be driven further in to drawthe band (J more tightly around the leader or pipe. The

ends of the strap 0 are overlapped and grooved transversely, so that thebend or bead thus formed may be passed through the slot in the arm Bsufficiently far to receive the point of the wedge-key D, so that bydriving in the said key the said strap or band may be drawn tightlyaround the leader or pipe, the beveled or rounded edges of the slotthrough the arm B allowing the band C to slip or draw as the wedge-key Dis driven in. The band or strap 0 may be a piece of band or sheet iron,or a wire, as may be desired. By this construction the leader or pipemay be conveniently detached by driving out the keyD without looseningor disturbing the spike A.

Having thus described my invention, I claim as new and desire to secureby Letters Patent- 1. The spike A, having a slotted arm, B, formed uponits outer end to adapt it to receive the band 0 and wedge D,substantially as herein shown and described, and for the purpose setforth.

2. The combination of the spike A, slotted arm B, band 0, and wedge-keyD with each other, substantially as herein shown and described, and forthe purpose set forth.

STEPHEN J. DWYER.

Witnesses:

WM. DAVENPORT, W. CYRUS KELLEY.

